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Nestled at the luscious base of the Green Mountains, the Castleton campus has a panoramic view of every season. Between watching the impending autumn claim the mountainside from residence hall balconies and conquering the spontaneous snowfalls in our snowboard park, students can enjoy Vermont's natural beauty from every corner of campus.
Dating back to 1787, Castleton is the oldest university in Vermont, and the 18th oldest in the nation. However, recent development projects offer students the opportunity to benefit from our modern facilities that have been influenced in their design by the Green Campus Initiative, which aims to reduce the University's carbon footprint and to promote a sustainable future.
Reopened in September 2009, the Campus Center underwent a $7.5 million renovation and expansion. The facility was awarded a gold rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design by the US Green Building Council. Today the Campus Center acts as a social and academic focal point of the University.
Surrounding the Campus Center are Castleton's 11 residence halls that vary between corridor and suite-style living. The Department of Residence Life also facilitates themed housing options in which students can opt to reside in substance-free Wellness Housing and those eligible can live in our Honors Housing. Castleton's newest residence hall, Hoff Hall, has also achieved a LEED gold rating for its implementation of resource-efficiency and environmental responsibility.
Also in conjunction with the Green Campus Initiative, the newest installation of energy efficient products on campus is a ground mounted solar array and dual-vehicle electric fueling station located outside of Jeffords Hall.
Our academic buildings provide students with the opportunity to expand their learning with the most up to date technology. With modern lounges, labs, studios, digital media centers and more students can always access the latest innovations to hone their crafts.
Outside the classroom, the Fine Arts Center is home to Casella Theater and Black Box Theater, where many student performances take to the stage to a full house at various times throughout the academic year.
Our state of the art athletic and exercise facilities aide to our Spartans' success and the overall wellness of our community. The Spartan Athletic Complex provides team rooms, classrooms, athletic training facilities, as well as a swimming pool and fitness center for all 29 varsity teams. Attached to the complex is a community-accessible fitness center that is also available for student and faculty use.
Renovated in 2010, our baseball and softball fields are among some of the finest in New England and are complete with enclosed dugouts and proper irrigation and drainage systems. Neighboring the fields is Dave Wolk Stadium, our multi-use artificial turf facility. Since its opening in the fall of 2009, Dave Wolk Stadium (formerly known as Spartan Stadium) has hosted more than 2,000 Castleton sporting events.
Directly outside the stadium sits the Castleton Pavilion, which is the largest venue of its kind in the state of Vermont and is designed to accommodate up to 3,000 guests. The pavilion serves as the site for graduation, large university meetings and a variety of other campus events. Additionally, the space serves as the perfect venue for the community to host weddings, trade shows, corporate picnics and more. In the winter the pavilion is transformed into a covered skating rink for the campus and community to enjoy, free of charge.
From our outdoor opportunities to our newly renovated facilities, academic endeavors and state of the art athletic equipment, Castleton has something to offer everyone.

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National Veteran Nonprofit Receives $1 Million Matching Donation Campaign for Giving Tuesday
Travis Manion Foundation (TMF), one of the nation's largest veteran nonprofit organizations received a commitment from a private donor to match donations starting on Giving Tuesday through December 31st, dollar for dollar up to one million dollars. All funds from this campaign will go toward TMF programs that support and empower families of fallen military members across the country.
Travis Manion Foundation Survivor Expedition to Gold Star Peak in Alaska
"The opportunity for us to receive such substantial support towards our programs will truly change lives for these families (of fallen military heroes) who have sacrificed so much."
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (PRWEB) November 26, 2019
Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. According to givingtuesday.org, last year $380 million was raised in the United States alone, and this year over $500 million is expected to be donated worldwide.
The matching donor campaign through Travis Manion Foundation will be dedicated towards programs in support of families of fallen military members. The staple program funds Service and Leadership Expeditions, which provides veterans and family members of fallen heroes the opportunity to connect, build relationships and work together on service-based trips. TMF Expeditions are more than a support group – they are an opportunity to serve with the selflessness of those we have lost. TMF Expeditions take participants across the US and around the world. Local communities receive the benefit of physical service as well as the impact of seeing participants' acts of courage, strength and selflessness.
"From our inception, Travis Manion Foundation has given families of the fallen a platform to not only continue the life of service, but to carry on the legacy of their loved one by helping others," said Amy Looney Heffernan, Vice President of Travis Manion Foundation. "The opportunity for us to receive such substantial support towards our programs will truly change lives for these families who have sacrificed so much."
Those interested in supporting the cause can visit: http://www.travismanion.org/2019GivingTuesday
About Travis Manion Foundation
Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) empowers veterans, first responders and families of fallen heroes to develop character in future generations. In 2007, 1stLt Travis Manion (USMC) was killed in Iraq while saving his wounded teammates. Today, Travis' legacy lives on in the words he spoke before leaving for his final deployment, "If Not Me, Then Who..." Guided by this mantra, veterans continue their service, develop strong relationships with their communities, and thrive in their post-military lives. As a result, communities prosper and the character of our nation's heroes lives on in the next generation.
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The doctrinal teaching contained in the Apocrypha, dealt with in the preceding chapter, will have suggested a number of points of contact with important matters of Christian belief as set forth in the New Testament. The fact that we have in this body of literature what constitutes in many respects the background of the New Testament is sufficient to show its importance for the study of the latter. It is essential to recognize that the books of the Apocrypha are not isolated literary pieces thrown up at haphazard. But that they place before us the expression of the spirit of a people in a living development, and definitely related to that development, the continued process of which may be seen in the New Testament writings.
The books of the Apocrypha were written, some before, some during, and one at least (though embodying earlier thought and teaching) at the end of the first Christian century - the period, that is, during which the New Testament writings were composed. The writers of those books represent different types of Jews and different schools of thought.
BenSira was an orthodox Jew, more or less, with a leaning towards Sadduceeism, however, rather than Pharisaism. The writers of the books of Tobit, Judith, and others, were Jews of the more strictly Pharisaic type.
The book of Wisdom represents the standpoint of the Hellenistic Jew.
And the writings comprised in II Esdras are those of the Apocalyptic school of thinkers, orthodox in the main, but holding views which in some particulars were distasteful to official Pharisaism.
Similarly in the New Testament, the Gospels contain much that deals with Sadduceeism, Pharisaism, and Apocalyptic.
And in the Pauline epistles and other writings vital doctrinal questions receive much attention, a number of them being precisely the same as those that exercised the minds of the writers of the Apocrypha.
It is, thus, obvious that a body of literature which contains Jewish thought and teaching as these existed at the beginning of the Christian era, and with which, as the New Testament shows, the early Jewish Christians were familiar, must offer much that is of interest and importance for the study of the New Testament.
This is not the place to work out in detail the parallels, the developments, and the contrasts, between the Apocrypha and the New Testament; but it is worthwhile to indicate certain subjects that play an important part in the doctrinal teaching of each.
" For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and as an offering for sin, condemned sin in the flesh. That the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the spirit" (cp. Gal.ii.21).
For the higher conception of the Law as compared with that of the Apocrypha nothing could be more instructive than what is said in Rom.ii.17-29, iii.19. The value of the Apocrypha on this subject lies in the fact that we find there, especially in Ecclesiasticus, both the abstract ideas of the Law , as well as the details of its observance, as these existed during the New Testament period. It forms the background, and enables us to understand the significance of so much that is written in the New Testament about the Law.
II. Closely connected with this is the subject of WORKS.
The fulfilment of the works of the Law, the merit acquired thereby, and therefore justification, present us again with a Pharisaic doctrine that is sharply combatted in the New Testament. In Tob.iv.7-11, for example, it is said: "Give alms of thy substance ... if thou have little, be not afraid to give alms according to that little; for thou layest up a good treasure for thyself against the day of necessity, because alms delivereth from death, and suffereth not to come into darkness. Alms is a good gift in the sight of the Most High for all that give it" (see also, xiv.11). This is brought out more fully in a number of passages in Ecclesiasticus. We have seen that good works atone for sin (see above, pp. 91f). He who accomplishes good works is "righteous" (tzaddik), i.e. one who is justified in the sight of God (cp. xi.17). His state of justification is due to his good works (cp.iii.31; xi.27; xvii.22; xxix.9; xxxi.9, 10, etc.; II Esdr.viii.33).
"This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?" (Gal.iii.2).
It is quite exceptional, indeed, unique, in the Apocrypha, when we find the thought expressed that divine mercy may be extended to such as have no works to their credit: "For if thou hast a desire to have mercy upon us, then shalt thou be called merciful, to us, namely, that have no works of righteousness" (II Esdr.viii.32).
This again approximates to the teaching of St. Paul; but the passage is remarkable, and does not reflect the normal teaching of the Apocrypha on the subject. Many other quotations in the opposite sense from the Apocrypha could be given, illustrating the belief in the efficacy of works, as well as from the New Testament, showing the error of this belief; but this is unnecessary. We see again, with the one exception mentioned, the religious environment of the early Jewish-Christians reflected in the books of the Apocrypha.
for in one direction, i.e. the doctrine of the Fall, there are points of attachment between St. Paul and Il Esdras. Most of the relevant passages from this book have been quoted above (pp. 86ff). Here it may be pointed out that, according to the Seer, the entry of physical death into the world is directly connected with the Fall; after Adam sinned it is said: "Forthwith thou appointedst death for him and for his generation " (i.e. the human race descended from him, ii.7, and cp. verse 21), while a spiritual death occurred through the grain of evil seed sown in his heart, the yetzer ha-ra("the evil tendency," see iv,30-32).
"Through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men."
But thou hast appointed repentance unto me that am a sinner."
Here one would naturally expect the merits of the patriarchs to be appealed to; that this is not done suggests that their merits were inefficacious.
"Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham."
" ... Rabbi, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he should be born blind? Jesus answered, Neither did this man sin, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."
"By the word of God (are) his works," i.e. were his works created (Ecclus.xlii.15). The context shows that the works of the Creation are meant. "O God of our fathers, and Lord of mercy, who hast made all things by thy word, and by thy wisdom didst form man..." (Wisd.ix.1, 2); "word" and "wisdom" must be regarded as synonymous.
As Gregg says: "The passage is Hebrew in tone, recalling Ps.xxi, 5, 6, and no contrast is intended between the two clauses. They are parallel, and 'wisdom' is used in the second as a poetic variant for 'word' in the first. ... There is no contrast suggested between the functions of Wisdom and the Logos, as if the former were the agent in the making of man, and the latter in the making of things; for Wisdom is the 'artificer of all things' (vii.22, Cp. viii. 6)."
In II Esdr.vi.38 it is said: "O Lord, of a truth thou spakest at the beginning of the creation, upon the first day, and saidst thus: Let heaven and earth be made; and thy word perfected the earth."
Again, in several of the Pauline epistles where wisdom or its antithesis is spoken of there is sometimes identity or similarity of thought between what the Apostle writes and what is said in the book of Wisdom. Whether St. Paul was influenced by the earlier writer, or not, is immaterial from our present point of view. Here, of course, Wisdom is presented from a different standpoint from that just considered. Thus, there is much similarity of language, and in some ways parallelism of thought between what is said about wisdom in Wisd.vii.22-viii, ix.6, 9- 17, and what St. Paul says about the influence of the Spirit in I Cor.ii.6-16. In spite of great difference in detail one cannot fail to see some community of thought between Wisd.i-xv and Rom.i.18-32, where the antithesis of wisdom, namely sin, in forms which are more particularly illustrative of folly, are dealt with.
regarding which the teaching in some of the books of the Apocrypha offers material of decided interest to the student of the New Testament.
In the Synoptic Gospels, as is well known, there are certain apocalyptic passages in which are described the "signs" of the last times. It is unnecessary to quote these. Their purport is familiar (e.g. Mark i, Matth.xxiv.29-31). In II Esdr.v.1-12, vi.21-24, vii.39-42 descriptions of these "woes of the Messiah" are given; and we have here echoes of traditional beliefs that lie behind the eschatological picture contained in the Gospels.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle ('earthly frame') be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens" (cp. also the verses which follow, where the Apostle shows the fuller Christian belief). It is of profound interest to compare the teaching on immortality in Wisd.iii.1--9; v.15, 16 with such passages as, e.g. 1 Cor.xv; II Cor.v.1-10.
A further interesting point of comparison is the materialistic conception of the risen body in II Macc.vii.10, 11, 22, 23; xiv.46, and St. Paul's teaching on the risen spiritual body (I Cor. M 44).
between the books of the Apocrypha and the New Testament, of a more general character, may be mentioned, as being of interest.
'That Moses and Elijah are meant here is obvious. This recalls what is said in the account of the Transfiguration of the appearance of Moses and Elijah (Mark ix.4ff, cp. Mal.iv.4-6).
In Rom.ii.4, the words: "... not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance," remind one forcibly of Pr. Man.8: "Thou, O Lord, according to thy great goodness hast promised repentance and forgiveness to them that have sinned against thee." There is also a distinct community of thought between Hebr.i.3 and Wisd.vii.26; and Hebr. Xi.34, 35 seems to be based on I Macc.v.1-7 and especially II Macc.vi.18-31. The Ep. of St. James contains numerous points of contact with both Ecclus. and Wisd. (cp. also I Cor.ii.10 with Jud.viii.14).
If St. Paul learnt from the Book of Wisdom some expressions illustrating the Divine power, and a general aspect of the question, he obtained nothing further. His broad views and deep insight are his own.
"He shall take his jealousy as complete armour, and make the creation his weapon for the repulse of his enemies. He shall put on righteousness as a breastplate, and array himself with judgement unfeigned as with a helmet. He shall take holiness as an invincible shield, and shall sharpen stern wrath as a sword."
Doubtless both St. Paul and the writer of Wisdom had Isa.lix.17 in mind, but the much closer parallel of the Wisdom passage with Eph.vi.11-17 shows that, probably, St. Paul was indebted to Wisdom here.
Once more, in II Esdr.vi.58 the epithets "thy firstborn", "thy only begotten" are applied to the nation of Israel. It is of interest to note that in Matth.ii.15, "Out of Egypt did I call my son," the Evangelist is applying to our Lord the title "my son," in the sense of the Son of God, which in Hos.xi.1, from which the quotation is taken, is applied to Israel. It hardly needs saying that "My son" in the Christian sense, in reference to Christ, is equivalent to "the first-born" (Rom.viii.29) and "the only begotten" (John i.18). We have thus epithets originally applied to the chosen nation transferred to Christ "the chosen of God" (Lk.i.35, cp. Isa.xlii.1, "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen").
Two final small, but interesting, points; the idea of the "regeneration" (Matth.xix.28, cp. Rev.xxi.1) of the world occurs in II Esdr.vii.75, " ... those times in which thou shalt renew the creation"; the thought is undoubtedly pre-Christian.
"And the trumpet shall sound aloud, at which all men when they hear it shall be stricken with sudden fear". Similarly in I Thess.iv.16 "the trump of God" is to herald the resurrection, cp. I Cor.xv.22.
The illustrations that have been given are far from exhaustive, but they will have shown in how many directions the books of the Apocrypha offer important material for the study of the New Testament.


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What is Polygon Matic?
What is a Layer 2 Solution?
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How Does Polygon Matic Work?
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Conclusion: Is Polygon Matic a Good Investment?
Polygon Matic is a blockchain scalability platform that is designed to solve some of the major issues faced by the Ethereum network. In this guide, you will get a low down of what Polygon Matic is and whether it is a good investment or not.
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Polygon is a layer 2 blockchain solution built on the Ethereum network that aims to solve the scalability issues faced by the network. In simple words, Polygon is designed to speed up processes on the Ethereum blockchain to make it more efficient and reduce transaction fees.
Polygon is also referred to as the internet of the Ethereum blockchain as it is helping the network overcome some of the major issues it is facing currently. It was initially known as Matic, but the team decided to rebrand it to Polygon as the project evolved. However, the utility token used by the network for payments, staking, and governance is still known as MATIC and is available across several cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance and Kraken (US citizens).
Another reason behind Polygon's rebranding was that the blockchain community started to view it only as a layer two solution, where in reality, it is much more than that. Polygon Matic is an ecosystem of collaborative blockchains that can scale massively without losing their self-sovereignty.
Layer 2 solutions refer to secondary projects (protocols or frameworks) that are built on top of an existing blockchain network. The main function of a layer two protocol is to solve the scaling and transaction challenges faced by a major blockchain network.
Layer 2 solutions are especially needed for blockchains like Ethereum and Bitcoin as they can only process a handful of transactions at a time. As of today, Ethereum can handle around 15 to 45 transactions per second, while Bitcoin process 4.6 transactions per second at an average.
Both Ethereum and Bitcoin are growing rapidly, and with mass adoption, they are facing numerous challenges in terms of scalability and TPS (Transactions per second). Layer 2 solutions can help these blockchains perform better by dramatically improving their TPS to thousands of transactions per second.
What these solutions do is that they create a separate framework on which the transactions can be processed independently. This takes the burden off from the layer one blockchain and processes thousands of transactions per second on the network. This process is also referred to as off-chain scaling.
Some of the main layer two solutions other than Matic include:
Bitcoin Lightning Network
Ethereum Plasma
Polygon was launched in October 2017 by three prominent members of India's blockchain community Jaynti Kanani, Sandeep Nailwal, and Anurag Arjun. In the beginning, Matic was only a layer two solution, but with time, it became an ecosystem of collaborative and self-sustainable blockchains built on the Ethereum network. It is also sometimes referred to as Ethereum's Internet of blockchains.
In 2019, Polygon moved to its own network, as before that, it was only active on the Ethereum network. Polygon also played an important role in deploying Plasma on the Ethereum network and was a significant contributor in implementing WalletConnect Protocol.
In April 2021, one of the most prominent crypto projects, AAVE, launched on Polygon, which was a big achievement for the project and sent the price of MATIC token flying.
To understand how Polygon Matic works, we will need to view it as a four-layered structure where every layer represents a stage of the process. The layers can be viewed as:
First layer: Ethereum network
Second layer: Security layer
Third layer: Polygon network
Fourth layer: Execution layer
The first layer engages directly with the Polygon chains and is responsible for finalizing transactions and staking. The second layer offers validators as a service along with additional security. The third layer itself is a combination of layers that handles local consensus, validation (block production), and collating transactions.
The fourth and last layer handles the transactions that are taking place on the Polygon network. The execution layer is also a combination of two different layers, i.e., Execution environment and Execution logic. The former operates as a plugin-play while the latter is written in Ethereum smart contracts.
Polygon chains are of two types:
Stand-alone chains work independently and are responsible for the network's security. It has its own set of validators and offers more flexibility and independence for operations. They are more suitable for large-scale projects that have big communities (enterprise projects).
Secured chains do not have their own validators and instead rely on security as a service. The benefit of these chains is that it allows the users to opt for securities from shared ecosystem like Polkadot. These chains are not as flexible as the stand-alone chains, but they do offer much better security.
The MATIC token is the utility token of the Polygon blockchain and can be used to pay for services and governance on the network. The initial circulating supply of the currency was 3.2 billion, which has increased significantly over time. The max supply for the MATIC token is limited and cannot exceed 10 billion. In the initial stages, 3.8% of MATIC's supply was sold privately, 16% was set aside for the team, 4% for the advisors, and 12% for network operations.
Polygon is designed specifically to improve the transaction speed for projects that are built on the Ethereum blockchain. Matic claims that it can process millions of transactions per second; however, the current best recorded for Polygon is 65,000 per second. It is a very high number considering Ethereum can barely process 50 transactions per second on its best day.
MATIC is arguably one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies in the world and is an excellent choice for long-term investment. The layered two solutions offered by Polygon are second to none, and as cryptocurrencies become more mainstream, the demand for MATIC will rise dramatically.
According to DigitalCoinPrice, the price of Matic will range between $3.57 and $4.14 in the year 2025. Here is how MATIC will look throughout 2025:
You can purchase or trade MATIC on most of the decentralized or centralized exchanges active today. If you are new to the crypto space, it is recommended that you purchase the crypto directly from a centralized crypto exchange with lowest fees as they are easy to use and offer excellent security. The exchanges that offer MATIC include:
Binance (Global)
You can also purchase MATIC directly from a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange like UniSwap.
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Whether Polygon Matic is a good investment or not comes down to one simple question, and that is why do Polygon Matic matters? Ethereum is on the road to becoming a mainstream cryptocurrency, and the more it pushes forward, the more challenges it faces in terms of scalability and transactions. High traffic on the Ethereum blockchain can incur serious gas fees, and MATIC can help users avoid that.
With the help of Polygon MATIC, users will be able to process thousands of transactions in one second regardless of how much traffic there is on the network. Also, Matic is not only beneficial for Ethereum, but it is also assisting other cryptocurrency projects that are running on the Ethereum blockchain.
Last but not least, Polygon is also bringing different blockchains together and making it easy for projects to move from one blockchain to another. Scalability and Interoperability are two of the major issues existing in the crypto space today, and Polygon is addressing both of them.
All these features make Polygon Matic a great investment for the long term. However, it is advised that you only invest an amount of money that you are willing to lose because crypto space is highly unpredictable.


Wikipedia is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating websites you will ever see. It is a vast on-line encyclopedia of knowledge, with the distinguishing feature that any one can edit (and informally discuss) any of its topics. And edit they do: thousands of users (myself included) regularly create and update Wikipedia's content. Changes are continually being made every minute of every day. In this sense, Wikipedia is a giant, living, breathing, and growing documentation lifeform.
Wikipedia was launched in 2001. It now contains over 1.6 million articles, over 660,000 of these in English. Encyclopædia Britannica, by comparison, as only 120,000 articles. But is "more" necessarily better?
This is the great debate currently raging between Wikipedia's advocates and its critics. Wikipedia's supporters argue that an "open source" structure in which anyone can perform updates will lead to the highest quality of information. Wikipedia has similar structure to Linux, an open source operating system which anyone is free to modify. Supporters also point out that unlike traditional print encyclopedias, or even software-based ones such as Microsoft Encarta, Wikipedia is continually updated in real-time, therefore much of the information is extremely relevant and timely.
Wikipedia's critics, including, not surprisingly, one of its main competitors, Encyclopædia Britannica, argue that Wikipedia's information is unreliable, not formally fact-checked, and biased. However, despite these criticisms, Wikipedia remains a powerful and well-used source of information for thousands of individuals. As information developers, we should be heartened by the fact that so many people care enough about accurate and complete information that they are volunteering their time to create the largest encyclopedia in history.
Wikipedia has proven that there is real demand for information outside of "official sources". The need has always been here, as shown by the success of the "Dummies" and "Idiot's" books – unofficial guides on a wide variety of topics. In addition, there are the thousands of other unofficial books, websites, discussion groups, newsgroups and so on that are a source of valuable information to millions. The fact that this information is not supplied by the traditional, formal or standard sources is irrelevant. People will take informal, unverified information over no information every time.
Since, we, as information developers, are the main creators of official information, we must be aware of this new tide of informal information, or "informalation", as I like to call it. We cannot let ourselves fall into the trap, as Encyclopædia Britannica has done, of saying that informalation has little or no value, so it can just be ignored. The success of Wikipedia has shown we cannot ignore it.
Most people will use many of these sources: it is rare that someone will use only the formal ones. As one moves from formal to less formal, the timeliness and quantity of information may increase, but the accuracy and quality may drop. This is the trade-off, though, that people are willing to make.
So, should we all stop being formal information developers and work for Wikipedia? Of course not – Wikipedia is a volunteer organization, and we still have to eat. Also, there will always be a requirement and demand for "official" information.
Instead, we must recognize and accept the fact that no matter how good the documentation we create, and no matter how many others have reviewed it, if you were to take a document and distribute it to every one of your end users in such a way that they could easily change it, they would change it. It is simply impossible to create a document that cannot be further improved if everyone was allowed to be a reviewer. But wouldn't this create total chaos? How could a company control and manage its documentation if everyone was allowed to change it?
Some companies, including Microsoft and Adobe, offer partial solutions by allowing and even actively encouraging feedback on specific on-line knowledge base topics. The problem is that the feedback is sent directly to the company, and no-one else can see it, unless and until the company decides to incorporate it into their documentation, and then re-post it. Another method companies use is to create various discussions groups. Some of these are formally supported, others or not. The problem is that it is often difficult to locate specific topics within these groups, but more importantly, there is no practical connection between the discussions in these groups and the source documentation. Both are completely independent of each another – changes in one area are not reflected in the other.
Formal vs. Informal Info – Can't We All Just Get Along?
A better approach is to more formally recognize that informalation exists and has a purpose, and integrate it directly into our formal documentation. In much the same way that Wikipedia (although itself an "unofficial" information source) has both a formal topic listing, and a corresponding informal "discussion" page for each topic, I can imagine a future in which all formal documentation appears online with a corresponding "informalation" page. This page could include various user feedback and comments. Companies could still decide whether to display specific informalation pages, or even specific comments, or they could simply issue a warning saying that the information on the informalation page is not supported but is here for your informal reference only, and that you cannot hold the company liable in any way. This is much like the EULA (End User License Agreement) that you are supposed to read when installing software, but which nobody reads anyway!
Eventually, a process could be developed to automatically send the comments to the information developer, who would then update the source documentation accordingly. This is what is known as a "closed looped" system, in which the information is continually released, commented upon, updated based on these comments and then re-released in an endless loop. It embraces the Japanese principle of Kaizen, which roughly translates into "the science of continual improvement".
The only hitch in this info-utopian vision is, of course, the time, effort and money it would require to create and maintain such a system. Currently, it may be suited only to companies that have a limited number of users. But it's a start. The potential improvement to an information set would be enormous. Such a system may be years away, but Wikipedia may turn out to be the "killer app" of the Internet that inspired it all.
And for those of you who think that because Wikipedia only covers general knowledge so it won't affect us, see Wikipedia sister projects, including a dictionary, textbooks, quotations, source texts, news and another type of book you may have heard of: user manuals.
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Shared Savings - What Does Shared Savings Mean in Construction?
The term shared savings in construction, refers to a particular aspect of a construction management agreement. In many cases, if there are savings on the project, the owner and the construction manager will share in the savings. This is called a shared savings clause. The reason for the shared savings clause is to incentivize the construction manager to try and save money. If there is a shared savings clause in the construction management agreement, then there is a reason for the construction manager to actively pursue savings suggestions, as well as more efficiently manage the project. Without the shared savings clause in the construction management agreement, there would be no additional incentive to save the owner money. The shared savings clause will be based upon a negotiation between the owner and the construction manager at the beginning of the project. Normally there is a percentage agreement that is linked to the shared savings clause, which will determine the percentage of the savings that the owner will retain, and the percent that will go to the construction manager as a basic reward for saving money on the project. In most construction management agreements, it is a good idea to have shared savings clause to stimulate the construction manager to accommodate this agreement by saving as much money as possible.


Loops are used in programming to repeat a specific block of code. In this tutorial, you will learn to create a for loop in C++ programming (with examples).
where, only testExpression is mandatory.
The initialization statement is executed only once at the beginning.
Then, the test expression is evaluated.
If the test expression is false, for loop is terminated. But if the test expression is true, codes inside body of for loop is executed and update expression is updated.
Again, the test expression is evaluated and this process repeats until the test expression is false.
Initially, i is equal to 1, test expression is true, factorial becomes 1.
i is updated to 2, test expression is true, factorial becomes 2.
i is updated to 3, test expression is true, factorial becomes 6.
i is updated to 4, test expression is true, factorial becomes 24.
i is updated to 5, test expression is true, factorial becomes 120.
i is updated to 6, test expression is false, for loop is terminated.
In the above program, variable i is not used outside of the for loop. In such cases, it is better to declare the variable in for loop (at initialization statement).


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U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin (both D-Md.) have announced $261,442 in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund summer workshops at the University of Maryland (UMD) College Park for early career geoscience educators from across the United States.
"Providing training to educators is crucial to the success of both teachers and students," said Senator Van Hollen, a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committees. "I'm glad to see this recognition of UMD's expertise in this field, and I know they will provide important knowledge and guidance to the educators participating in these workshops. I will continue working in Congress to provide support and resources to our educators."
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Remember Ossett back in the early 1980s?
We've dug out these photos from our archive. Do you remember the town centre looking like this? Or did you go to this Ossett School? You might be pictured!
Remember shopping on Kingsway around 1983/84?
What memories do you have of the precinct?
Remember these shops? What about these cars?!
Remember the Pretty Things shop? How about Georgie's next door-but-one?


A DUI conviction is a very expensive, not to mention potentially damaging, event. Just because you've been arrested on a police officer's suspicion that you were driving while drunk, you should try to challenge the arrest by seeking a competent attorney.
Here's a little video that dramatizes the problem of DUI arrests. If The Chetson Firm can be of help, contact (919) 352-9411 or email info@chetson.com.
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Intel details Tiger Lake with Xe LP graphics ahead of September launch
Intel is looking to convince investors and customers that it remains a huge force in the processor space, which is why the company is hyping up its upcoming offerings and promising significant improvements despite falling behind the competition on shrinking process nodes. It's also looking to avoid past mistakes that led to product delays through a new approach that supposedly goes beyond the idea of "simply shrinking transistor features" to improve performance.
At Architecture Day 2020, Intel offered a first look at its next generation Tiger Lake CPUs, and detailed several microarchitecture improvements that should bring higher clock speeds and energy savings.
Intel Chief Architect Raja Koduri — who left a similar position at AMD in 2017 — explained the silicon giant is taking a new "transistor-resilient design" approach in how it makes processors that should move discussions beyond the miniaturization race by essentially decoupling the release of new architectures from having new transistors ready every time. In other words, the era of adding lots of plus signs in front of the same number is over, as Intel thinks its 10nm processors deserve better.
Despite the varying approach, at the heart of Intel's upcoming 10nm processors is a new transistor technology called SuperFin that Koduri says is "the largest single intranode enhancement in the company's history" that brings performance improvements comparable to what you'd typically get with a full node transition.
In recent years, AMD took the lead in moving to 7nm, which allowed Ryzen processors to become competitive with most of Intel's offerings, a trend that persists to this day.
Many thought this would cripple Intel's reputation as the leading manufacturer in the consumer x86 CPU space, but that may not be the case after all. Despite facing a class action lawsuit and a lot of negative press over manufacturing woes and delays, Intel is forging ahead with confidence.
According to Ruth Brain, an Intel fellow working on interconnect technology, the performance leap from Ice Lake to upcoming Tiger Lake CPUs is going to be similar to what Intel has achieved throughout its 14 nm generations from Skylake to Coffee Lake. The company's SuperFin transistor technology is an evolution of FinFET that features an improved metal stack which reduces via resistance by 30 percent, as well as a Super MIM capacitor structure that offers five times the capacitance while keeping the same footprint.
That means Intel's Tiger Lake CPUs won't be much better in terms of IPC (instructions-per-clock), but will require less power so they should be able to achieve significantly higher clock speeds within a 15 W TDP.
Judging by leaked spec sheets for HP's upcoming ultrabooks, Tiger Lake will go at least as high as 4.7 GHz, compared to just 4 GHz achievable on Ice Lake. Even 28 W Ice Lake chips that are exclusive to Apple's MacBook Pro only go up to 4.1 GHz.
Depending on how Intel implements turbo clocks in Tiger Lake, this should afford a double-digit improvement over Ice Lake. But more importantly, Tiger Lake sports a faster caching architecture as well as faster RAM, including up to 32GB of LPDDR5 RAM working at an effective speed of 5200 MHz. It also comes with Thunderbolt 4, USB4, and PCIe 4.0, so it can easily be paired with some of the fastest hardware out there.
Thanks to the additional power and thermal headroom, Intel has also scrapped its puny Iris integrated GPU and replaced it with a larger one based on the Xe architecture that has a dedicated 16 MB L3 cache of its own. Called Xe LP, it will have 96 execution units that will also run at faster clock speeds. Intel shows Xe LP graphics are able to achieve 1650 MHz while operating at the same voltage as Iris graphics, with the potential to reach 1800 MHz when given some additional voltage.
It will be interesting to see how Intel is balancing power use between the CPU and integrated GPU with Tiger Lake, but Xe LP performance has already been shown to be enough to run Battlefield V at 30 fps on a 1080p display resolution. Intel will also use the Xe architecture to build standalone GPUs for the consumer and enterprise markets.
Tiger Lake CPUs should also bring security improvements to the table, after the security community revealed serious flaws that affect several Intel CPUs released over the last five years. The Willow Cove architecture that Tiger Lake is based on incorporates something called Control-Flow Enforcement Technology, which introduces two distinct protection mechanisms that protect against return oriented programming and jump/call oriented programming attacks.
In terms of power consumption, Intel says Tiger Lake designs are scalable from 10 W to 65 W, which means we might see some desktop variants like we've seen with Broadwell, as well as six or eight-core mobile variants that can go inside really thin laptops. Intel has also made some improvements in terms of power management and voltage/frequency scaling that should lead to better battery life for simple workloads.
Intel is expected to make a full reveal of the Tiger Lake CPU lineup on September 2.


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Low cost gym membership. With the ever increasing number of people looking for a great low cost gym, gyms are now fighting to get their numbers up. Cue crazy cheap deals and gyms that try to get all the latest equipment in, at a fraction of the cost for you! You can join a gym for as little as a tenner a month now – that's pocket change!
Similar to the low cost gym membership, supplement companies now have to deal with the rise of new companies trying to beat their prices. So the cost of supplements has never been so good for the consumer. You can get all the protein and gains for a fantastic price!
If you were the only one out of your friends before who was interested in fitness, now you've got people to chat too! Now that more people are getting involved in the fitness world, more people will find the HIIT workout you did last night, or the squat personal best you just got, pretty interesting.
Everything is a "source of protein". All fitness fanatics know that protein is the holy grail of nutrients to fuel your gains. However, many brands are now jumping on the protein bandwagon by labelling foods as a "source of protein". Even a bag of crisps was spotted recently with this label, when in fact this bag had 4g of protein per pack. Compared to the average protein content in a chicken breast (around 30g), 4g is miniscule. So, if you're after a substantial source of protein, make sure to check the nutritional information.
The business of the gym. Last year 1 in 7 people had a gym membership, and new gyms aren't opening fast enough to accommodate this ever growing number. This means, for the people that are dedicated to the gym life, they have an ever increasing busy gym to deal with. Although, it can't be anything as bad as the post Christmas rush..
In a way, the weight you lift has now turned into a competition. People are always throwing around "so what can you bench?" or "whats your squat PB?" without realising that everyone is different and what may be a personal best to someone at 1 rep could possibly be someone elses warm up! Everyones achievements should be celebrated as at the end of the day, fitness isn't a race – it's a journey!


Yurts and Camping in Keld in the Heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
We look forward to welcoming you to our quiet family run campsite, on the banks of the River Swale in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales.
We have a limited number of pitches available on the campsite which is also home to our 5 yurts. Please be aware that as we are only a small site, you may be close to neighbouring tents, however what we lack in size we make up for in service and spectacular scenery.
Our small family run site is designed to offer a quiet relaxing environment for our guests, therefore we do not allow music and ask that noise is kept to a minimum after 10pm so as not to disturb others, this means that we may not be suitable for some groups. If however you would like to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the countryside with likeminded guests, then we're sure you'll love our site and the facilities which we have to offer.
A selection of delicious, hot, high quality, home cooked meals are available daily served in our dedicated camper's barn, on the picnic tables or in your tent. To view a sample menu and for further details on how to order just click on the food and drink tab.
We have a full drinks license and stock a range of wines, beers and ales.
If you fancy a meal out, Keld Lodge is just a 5 minute walk away (please note they only have limited availability form non residents so pre booking may be required) or alternatively we can direct you to a number of lovely Dales pubs in local villages serving food, which are just a short drive away or can be visited as part of a longer circular walk.
Hot breakfast baguettes with tea or coffee are available each morning.
Packed lunches are available daily.
The whole campsite including our Yurts and Keld Bunkbarn are available to hire for private events. Click on the 'Private Event Hire' tab for further information.
Guests have the option to book the large private hottub with stunning views across the Dale. Click on the 'Hottub' tab for further information.
Guests have access to our newly renovated campers barn which has a dining area and fully fitted kitchen including hob, fridge freezer, microwave and toaster. The kitchen is also stocked with pots and pans, crockery and cutlery.
The campsite has recently refurbished modern and clean bathrooms incorporating hot showers for no additional charge.
We specialise in providing accommodation for groups and individuals who are following the popular walking routes which pass through Keld, including the Coast to Coast, Pennine Way and the Herriot Way and work closely with the Sherpa Van and Packhorse for bag deliveries.
We offer onsite washing and clothes drying facilities and a professional boot drying service.
Campers can enjoy access to our own private 30ft waterfall.
We allow campfires and there are several firepits available for you to use, plus firewood and marshmallows for sale.
If you fancy a night of luxury camping in the Yorkshire Dales, why not treat yourself to a night in one of our Yurts, a 19ft luxury Mongolian tent. Click on the 'Yurts' tab for further information.
Maps of local walks provided free of charge.
Duke of Edinburgh expeditions welcome.
Please note that the yurts are located on the banks of the River Swale so children must be supervised.
A warm welcome awaits you at Keld Yurts in Swaledale, where stunning scenery and breath-taking waterfalls provide the backdrop to our 5 authentic luxury Mongolian Yurts, nestled on the banks of the River Swale, right in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.
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Attorney General Kathleen Kane, Hazleton Police Chief Hail Success
HAZLETON, PA — Attorney General Kathleen Kane and Police Chief Frank DeAndrea pointed to the successes of Kane's Mobile Street Crime Unit on Wednesday and asked residents of Hazleton and across the commonwealth to help the success continue.
At the urging of state Sen. John Yudichak to address violent drug-related crime plaguing Northeastern Pennsylvania, Kane organized the Region X Intensive Mobile Proactive Anti-Crime Team — IMPACT — task force and deployed it to Hazleton in September to dismantle gang-run drug trafficking networks.
The approximately 20-member team, composed of federal, state, county and municipal law enforcement officers, racked up more than 120 arrests and seized about 35,000 packets of heroin, quantities of crack cocaine, numerous vehicles, handguns, rifles, an assault weapon and thousands of dollars in cash, with many of the items on display at a press conference at City Hall on Wednesday.
Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, noted that a 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Justice detailed the foothold that drug-trafficking organizations had established in the Hazleton area and that branched off throughout Luzerne and surrounding counties.
Read more: http://timesleader.com/news/local-news/1206626/Kane-Hazleton-chief-hail-success
By Roy • Posted in Politics, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	• Tagged armed gangs, DEA, drugs, FBI, Hazleton PA, Hazleton Police Chief Frank DeAndrea, homicides, John Yudichak, Kathleen Kane, Lou Barletta, Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, mobile street crime unit, Northeastern Pennsylvania, police, Region X Intensive Mobile Proactive Anti-Crime Team, Violent crime
Hearing Call Of 'All Aboard'? Experts Discuss Feasibility Of Passenger Rail Service
Locator map of the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Statistical Area in the northeastern part of the of . (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority President Lawrence Malski said Monday studies show major industries are looking to get out of congested metropolitan areas and move to areas like NEPA.
Passenger rail service that links Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton, he said, would be a major factor in attracting those companies to the area. U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, suggested the idea on Friday to spur economic activity.
"It's (passenger rail service) is a major requirement that they have," Malski said. "When you connect cities like Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton to a major city like New York, major industries will follow that rail line out here because they would have an efficient and reliable form of transportation for workers."
Read more: http://timesleader.com/news//1152788/Hearing-call-of-All-aboard
By Roy • Posted in Politics, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	• Tagged County of Lackawanna Transportation System, economic development, feasibility study, Hazleton PA, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Lackawanna County, Lackawanna County Transit Director Bob Fiume, Lackawanna Cutoff, Lou Barletta, Luzerne County, Luzerne County Transportation Authority, New Jersey Transit, New York City, Northeastern Pennsylvania, passenger rail service, revitalization, Scranton PA, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Metropolitan Area, trains, Wilkes-Barre PA
Barletta Eyes Train Between Scranton, Hazleton
English: Official portrait of Congressman Lou Barletta. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Pardon me, Lou. Is that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre/Hazleton choo-choo?
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, fresh off his announcement that he will seek a third term in Congress, Friday told The Times Leader Opinion Board he feels establishing passenger-rail service connecting the region's three largest cities is a key to economic recovery and growth.
"The interstate roads are always crowded and often under repair," said Barletta, 57. "Rail service — both freight and passenger — contributes to economic growth. Transportation in general, from waterways to highways to railways, are vital to the country and our region."
Read more: http://timesleader.com/news/news/1148657/Barletta-eyes-train-between-Scranton-Hazleton
By Roy • Posted in Politics, Travel, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	• Tagged economic development, Hazleton PA, Lackawanna County, Lou Barletta, Luzerne County, mass transit, passenger rail service, Politics, Scranton PA, Transportation and Logistics, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, Wilkes-Barre PA
Rep. Barletta Working To Beautify Blighted Hazleton Trestle
Congressman Lou Barletta is all too familiar with efforts to spruce up a railroad trestle near the southern gateway to his hometown Hazleton.
Plans for beautifying the South Church Street bridge were developed by Greater Hazleton Civic Partnership during his tenure as Hazleton's mayor.
Officials at the time believed they had the answer to addressing the graffiti-covered trestle by having Hazleton artist Dave Corrado paint a mural on wood, which would have been mounted to the bridge, Barletta recalled.
The idea fell by the wayside after local officials learned that the wooden mural would have interfered with bridge inspections.
Read more: http://standardspeaker.com/news/rep-barletta-working-to-beautify-blighted-trestle-1.1483757
By Roy • Posted in Politics, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton	• Tagged blight, Dave Corrado, eyesore, graffiti, Greater Hazleton Civic Partnership, Hazleton PA, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Lou Barletta, Luzerne County, Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi, Norfolk Southern Railway, Politics, racial slur, trestle
Liquefied Gas Exports Would Boost Growth
LNG is a commonly used acronym for liquefied natural gas, essentially natural gas that is put into liquid form, often for the purpose of transportation.
For international trade, LNG is sent in insulated tanker ships using refrigeration that keeps the liquefied natural gas at a chilly -260 degrees Fahrenheit. Global shipments travel to receiving terminals on a daily basis where pipelines are then used to provide this clean-burning energy source to homes, schools, businesses and government buildings. More receiving terminals are being built around the world each year.
In the U.S. there is growing debate over LNG exports, some of which could come from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations found in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
The Energy Information Administration estimates that in just three years natural gas supply could exceed demand, allowing the U.S. to be a net exporter of LNG. Bipartisan support for such exports has grown to include local and national politicians; most recently, more than 100 members of the House of Representatives signed onto a letter to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu that asked the Obama administration for advance LNG exports without delay.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/business/opinion/liquefied-gas-exports-would-boost-growth-674067/#ixzz2KQCyPyV4
By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania	• Tagged Alcoa, Bill Shuster, Charlie Dent, Dow, economic development, Energy Information Administration, exports, Glenn Thompson, Jobs, Joe Pitts, Keith Rothfus, Liquefied natural gas, LNG, Lou Barletta, Marcellus Formation, Mike Doyle, Mike Fitzpatrick, Mike Kelly, Natural gas, Pat Meehan, Pennsylvania, Tom Marino, trade, United States Secretary of Energy
Two Pennsylvania Mayors Elected To Higher Office
The mayor of McKeesport, Jim Brewster (D) won the 45th District State Senate seat on Tuesday. Brewster has been involved in McKeesport politics for many years, first serving a ten-year stint on city council and then as mayor for the last seven years. The mayor has helped improve conditions in McKeesport and hopes to do the same thing in Harrisburg.
On the other side of the state, 3-term Hazleton Mayor, Lou Barletta (R) finally ousted 13-term incumbent Paul Kanjorski (D) on his third try and is headed off to represent the 11th Congressional District is Washington, DC. Mayor Barletta made national headlines when Hazleton passed an immigration law which is being challenged in a federal case by the ACLU. Barletta said he will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Barletta feels being in Congress is the best place to address the immigration issue.
By Roy • Posted in Pennsylvania, Politics	• Tagged Congressional District, Democratic Party (United States), Jim Brewster, Lou Barletta, mayor, McKeesport PA, Paul E. Kanjorski, Paul Kanjorski, Pennsylvania, Republican


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The narrator is a young child witnessing a horrific event in his life- his own mother writhing in agony of a scorpions sting.
Another contrast is found when the neighbours have "peace of understanding" (line 14) while the poet's mother lay "twisted groaning on a mat" (line 16).
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He returned to India in 1952 and worked for sometime as professor and head of department of English in Mithibai College of Arts, Mumbai.In an effort to help, they pray to god to paralyze the scorpion so that, as their superstition states, the poison would also be paralyzed in the mothers blood.
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The new loops were designed to meet a range of criteria. The design had to be fully compatible with the existing DCS and ESD systems, and due to the nature of the site, equipment had to be selected to comply with the ATEX directives.
The installation required a variety of protection methods covering a range of hazardous zones and temperature classifications as indicated by the site area classification documents. The final protection methods employed were Ex d (Flameproof), Ex e (Increased Safety), Ex p (Purged/Pressurised), Ex N c (For equipment containing a hermetically sealed device), Ex ia & Ex ib (Intrinsically Safe).
Inspec systems selected, sourced and purchased all of the equipment and provided all of the documentation from the initial design stages for client sign off, through to loop drawings, cable and termination schedules, testing and commissioning during the installation.
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If you are skeptical about the hybrid cloud revolution and wondering if it's here to stay, it's time to look at new partnerships grabbing news headlines. Dell and EMC's shareholders recently approved the proposed $67-billion-dollar merger; this is no doubt one example of hybrid cloud moving more and more into the mainstream (Source: ZDNet). It's clear IT service providers are banking on the growing demand and adoption of these multi-cloud, hybrid environments from mid-size and enterprise organizations.
Industry insiders believe Dell's merger with EMC is in part setting the stage to help customers bridge the gap between legacy IT infrastructure and the modern cloud infrastructure. The idea is that Dell and other IT providers are looking to give customers greater control and flexibility of their IT infrastructures. In this scenario, customers have the ability to run certain workloads in the cloud− and probably more and more overtime- and mission-critical applications will run on traditional in-house systems or on private clouds. The next frontier is in providing ways to transfer data and workloads seamlessly between on-premise, private and public clouds as needed. This is happening through partnerships like EMC and Dell, as well as from services from managed service providers, built-in APIs and Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) platforms.
To this end, Microsoft Azure also recently announced the Azure Logic Apps, Microsoft's Integration iPaaS platform that will sync these environments more closely (Source: Microsoft blog). They are working to offer a comprehensive hybrid integration platform so customers can connect traditional on-premise systems and cloud applications. Another example is AWS offering an iPaaS platform using TechConnect; they also rely on third parties for enterprise-to-cloud integrations. Select managed service providers can also furnish private cloud infrastructure with direct links to the AWS public cloud.
Re-architect for the cloud- With a more flexible application architecture, ideally you can redesign the application to use it in the cloud the same way you would run the workload in your own on-premise data center.
Map out a unified management plan- As mentioned earlier, vendors are working to offer a single set of management tools for IT groups to be able to effectively set up and use these hybrid architectures. Many providers are blending SaaS and on-premise–based management tools to monitor, configure, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure and applications. According to a report by IDC, by the end of 2017, over 80% of enterprise IT organizations will commit to hybrid cloud architectures (Source: IDC).This encompasses multiple public cloud services, as well as private cloud and/or non-cloud infrastructure resources. With management tools and policies built around data security, performance, and availability, organizations can essentially replicate the network applications for the cloud without requiring many changes. As hybrid cloud adoption increases it will become progressively important for service providers and cloud providers to offer more business-level automation software around these offerings.
In the ever-increasingly complex world of on-premise and cloud infrastructures, users need simplified and cost-effective cloud systems management software to regulate these environments. SaaS-based offerings and API-based integrations that link public cloud management services with on-premise tools, dashboards, and portals, will close the gap for IT managers. With a more flexible environment that enables the seamless transfer of workloads and more automated management tools, organizations can truly optimize the full range of resources and as a result control costs and increase competitiveness.
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Despite its benefits, hybrid cloud can present technical, business and management challenges. Private cloud workloads must access and interact with public cloud providers, so hybrid cloud requires API compatibility and solid network connectivity.


A Q bag is a form-stable big bag fitted with an internal structure (baffles). These baffles ensure that the Q bag will remain stable after filling with no more than minimum bulging, which means that the FIBC (big bag/jumbo bag) stays within the pallet dimensions and guarantees an optimum load for any type of transport. We usually manufacture Q bags with coating and fabric seams to prevent any leaks during filling, storage and transportation and when discharging. These FIBCs are very suitable for applications with powder and granular products in every segment.


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"""Tests for the ElasticTimesketch output module."""

import unittest

from unittest.mock import MagicMock

from plaso.output import elastic_ts
from plaso.output import shared_elastic

from tests.output import test_lib

class TestElasticTimesketchOutputModule(
    elastic_ts.ElasticTimesketchOutputModule):
  """Elasticsearch output module for testing."""

  def _Connect(self):
    """Connects to an Elastic server."""
    self._client = MagicMock()

@unittest.skipIf(shared_elastic.elasticsearch is None, 'missing elasticsearch')
class ElasticTimesketchOutputModuleTest(test_lib.OutputModuleTestCase):
  """Tests for the ElasticTimesketch output module."""

  # pylint: disable=protected-access

  def testWriteHeader(self):
    """Tests the WriteHeader function."""
    output_mediator = self._CreateOutputMediator()
    output_module = TestElasticTimesketchOutputModule(output_mediator)

    self.assertIsNone(output_module._client)

    output_module.WriteHeader()

    self.assertIsNotNone(output_module._client)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  unittest.main()

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BRICS SUMMIT STARTS OFF IN VIZAG AND HERE ARE THE UPDATES
The BRICS has started off with a bang in Vizag yesterday with 72 international delegates and 400 domestic delegates participating in it. In the inauguration, Union minister for Urban Development Mr. M Venkaiah Naidu said that the competition to identify the next set of 27 cities under the Smart City programme has been concluded and would be announced next week.
Participating in the inauguration of the third BRICS Urbanisation Forum in Vizag, the minister said, "All the 4,041 statutory urban local bodies across the country came forward to compete in the first round of the smart city challenge competition through which 100 mission cities have been identified. Subsequently, two more rounds of competition was held among these 100 mission cities through which 33 cities have been identified for financing the smart city plan and another round of competition to identify another set of 27 cities has just been concluded and I would like to announce the results on Monday next week."
Talking about the BRICS summit, he said, "The BRICS bloc with more than three billion people account for over 53% of the world's population and about one fourth of global GDP. This mismatch again throws light on the need for and potential for stepping up economic growth in the member countries."
In this occasion, Chief Minister Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu stated that Andhra Pradesh is going to become the first state in the country to become 100% open defecation free by 2nd October. He said that the state government is also planning waste-to-energy plants in 11 municipalities and corporations, whereas the other urban bodies will be converting waste to compost. He said the state government is also planning to introduce physical literacy in all municipalities of the state.


Remington has finally wised up to the fact that today's shooters want more options in factory ammunition, particularly for varmint and match rifles. Sure there will always be .223 Rem and .308 Win ammo buyers. But many shooters are also interested in the "Twenties" and in efficient, accuracy cartridges like the 6mmBR and 6.5 Grendel. And shouldn't Remington consider making ammo for a long-range precision cartridge such as the 6.5-284?
You can help Remington pick the new cartridges for which Remington will load factory ammunition. Vote in Remington's online poll. The cartridge choices are: 17 Hornet, 20 VarTarg, 6×45 (6-223 Rem), 22 BR, and 6mm BR. Hmmm, having USA-made 6BR factory ammo — that's definitely appealing. And we think there would be a market for 20 Vartarg ammo as well. Click the link below to visit Remington's website. There you can cast your vote for your favorite new ammo types.
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As your Editor writes this I'm listening to Van Morrison on my own personal, FREE web radio station. That's right, log on to Pandora.com and you can set up your own personalized music streaming web radio station. What's unique is that YOU tell Pandora what kind of music you want. You can simply select a genre (music style), or do what I did — select particular artists and cuts for starters. Pandora reviews the songs/artists you chose and, using song-matching software, Pandora adds compatible music cuts from its archive of millions of songs. If something comes up you don't like, just click a "thumbs down" button and Pandora will remove that cut from your station.
Pandora delivers all tunes, all the time. There are no "commercial breaks" in the audio. All you hear are songs and artists you like. At any time you can augment your playlist with new artists or songs. What's really cool is when Pandora finds a new piece of "matching" music that you've never heard before, or when it automatically finds one of your old favorites. For example, I indicated an interest in Jazz piano, and Pandora delivered some nice Oscar Peterson cuts.
What's the catch? Well, to create a personalized "station" you need to give Pandora an email address. But that's it… there's no fee, no credit card number to input. After spending a few minutes to configure your personal channel, you get great tunes for free. You can even set up multiple "stations", for example, one for C&W, one for Jazz, one for Classical. You can also find new music by searching the playlists of other Pandora users.
Well, I'm almost done here and Pandora just cranked out "Gimme Some Lovin'" by the Spencer Davis Group (Stevie Winwood's first band). Yeah baby. My toes are tappin' as my fingers are typin'….
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NBA | November 20, 2018
Wizards players involved in verbal altercations during 'volatile practice,' report says
Bradley Beal became frustrated and told team officials he'd "been dealing with this for seven years," according to The Athletic.
All is not well in the Wizards' locker room.
Several Washington players were recently involved in verbal altercations during a "volatile practice," according to a report from The Athletic, which cites unidentified league sources.
Washington star Bradley Beal became frustrated and told team officials during the workout he'd "been dealing with this for seven years," the report says.
Sources on @TheAthleticNBA @WatchStadium : The Washington Wizards had a volatile practice within recent days, with verbal altercations among players and an exasperated Bradley Beal saying toward team officials: "I've been dealing with this for seven years."
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 19, 2018
The Wizards have started the season with a disastrous 5-11 record and they may be open to moving any player on their team, including Beal and guard John Wall, according to an earlier report from ESPN .
Washington coach Scott Brooks also criticized his team's effort after back-to-back losses to the Nets and Trail Blazers last weekend.
"We've got to just play with more enthusiasm, more effort, more energy," Brooks told reporters Sunday. "It's embarrassing."
Beal, who made his first All-Star team last season, has spent his entire career with Washington. He has averaged a team-high 21.5 points per game in 2018-19.
The Wizards will return to the court when they host the Clippers on Tuesday.
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Гі́рсівка — село в Україні, у Олександрівській сільській громаді Мелітопольського району Запорізької області. Населення становить 1313 осіб. Орган місцевого самоврядування — Гірсівська сільська рада.

Географія
Село Гірсівка розташоване на лівому березі річки Джекельня, що через 2,5 км впадає у Молочний лиман, за 25 км на південний захід від смт Приазовське. Вище за течією на відстані 5 км розташоване село Надеждине. Найближча залізнична станція Мелітополь (за 32 км).

Історія
Село засноване, як Тропокло 1862 року болгарами з бессарабського села Треновки Ізмаїльського повіту, на місці ногайського поселення Тулга.

У 1892 році перейменовано в село Гірсівка. Висловлюється припущення, що Гірсівка — це наслідування назви селища Гірсова (нині — Хиршова, Hârşova) на річці Дунай, звідки прийшли болгарські переселенці. За іншою версією, назва походить від прізвища міністра закордонних справ Миколи Гірса.

Село постраждало від організованого радянською владою Голодомору 1932—1933 років, встановлені імена 16 жертв.

Поблизу села Гірсівка виявлені залишки скіфського поселення (IV століття до н. е.).

27 листопада 2017 року Гірсівська сільська рада, в ході децентралізації, об'єднана з Олександрівською сільською громадою.

17 липня 2020 року, в результаті адміністративно-територіальної реформи та ліквідації Приазовського району, село увійшло до складу Мелітопольського району.

Економіка
 «Іскра», ТОВ.

Об'єкти соціальної сфери
 Середнія загальноосвітня школа.
 Дитячий дошкільний навчальний заклад.
 Будинок культури.
 Фельдшерсько-акушерський пункт.

Див. також
 Перелік населених пунктів, що постраждали від Голодомору 1932—1933 (Запорізька область)

Примітки

Посилання
 Історія міст і сіл УРСР / Гол. ред. Тронько П. Т., том 8, Запорізька область (1970)
 Погода в селі Гірсівка

Села Запорізької області
Населені пункти Мелітопольського району

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Dear Associates:
This is the third in a series of three bulletins intended to explain recent changes to the TIRSA Rate Manual approved by the New York State Department of Insurance which became effective on October 31, 1997. A Residential Junior Loan Policy and a Short Form Junior Loan Policy together with two endorsements to be used in conjunction with these policies, are now available in our state. These policies are to be used in connection with subordinate or junior mortgages only, not for first mortgage transactions. The coverage involved is limited in scope. It insures against loss or damage sustained by reason of:
(1) The Grantee not being the named grantee in the last document recorded in the public records purporting to vest fee title to the property described in the policy;
(2) any monetary lien (which includes mortgages, judgments or any other lien securing the obligation to pay money) affecting title and recorded in the public records;
(3) any real estate taxes, assessments, water and sewer rent charges which constitute a lien on the property and which appear in the tax records on the date of policy.
The policy does not insure that the mortgagor is the owner of the property, nor does it insure the validity, enforceability or effectiveness of the mortgage which is the subject of the policy. It is, in effect, a guaranteed attorney search, which is limited to providing the name of the grantee on the last deed of record, monetary liens filed in the public records and real estate taxes, water and sewer rents and assessments which are a lien as of the date of policy. There is also a short form version of the Junior Loan Policy available which incorporates all of the provisions of the regular Junior Loan Policy. The cost of the Junior Loan Policy will be $200 for insurance up to $100,000 and $225 for insurance from $100,000 to $150,000. The maximum amount of insurance that can be written on the Junior Loan Policy is $150,000.
There are two (2) endorsements that can be obtained in connection with the Junior Loan Policy. The first is Junior Loan Policy Endorsement 1, which is really a continuation of the search run on the Junior Loan Policy. It will date-down the policy and show any document recorded in the public records subsequent to the date of the Junior Loan Policy which purports to vest fee title to the premises in question, as well as any additional monetary liens which have been filed or recorded in the public records since the date of the Junior Loan Policy. The cost of the date-down endorsement is $25.00. The second endorsement is for Revolving Credit or Variable Rate Junior Loans and will be attached to each policy without charge. Because, the charge for this new product is below the established minimum premium, it also will be monitored by the Department of Insurance to determine the appropriateness of the rate. The justification for the lower rate is the limited application and limited risk of the Junior Loan Policy.
This Company will be issuing underwriting guidelines with respect to the use of the Junior Loan Policy in the near future.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Company Counsel.
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Croeso yn ôl Afanc! (Welcome Back Beavers!)
On the 21st November 2016, rewilding history was made in Britain when the Scottish government officially welcomed back beavers (Castor fiber) to Scotland after a successful reintroduction programme. This is the first formal reintroduction of a native mammal to the UK and a huge milestone for conservationists and campaigners keen to see further lost habitats and species restored to the British Isles.
The beavers, reintroduced from Norway, are to be allowed to naturally expand, and will receive legal protection, the Scottish Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham announced. An official reintroduction pilot began in 2009, when Norwegian beavers were reintroduced in Knapside, Argyll. However, simultaneous illegal releases in Tayside saw a rapid blossoming of beaver populations. Both established populations are to be allowed to stay, although Ms Cunningham stressed that further illegal releases would be met with swift legal action.
Some angry landowners have previously been shooting beavers found on their land, and one report estimated that 21 beavers had been shot in 2010. Although landowners are permitted to manage their property by protecting trees and modifying dams to allow water flow, their new legal protection should deter further shooting.
Historically, beavers were persecuted and hunted to extinction in Britain between the 12th and 16th Centuries, and now for the first time are to be granted official native species status in Scotland. Beaver reintroduction has been successful in many countries across Europe, and the Scottish government will be working under the EU Habitat Directive to ensure that the beavers' return is harmonious, and limit their possible impact on farmers and landowners.
Ms Cunningham was outspoken in the benefits beavers have brought to Scotland when interviewed about the government's decision. She said:
''Beavers promote biodiversity by creating new ponds and wetlands, which in turn provide valuable habitats for a wide range of other species.
"We want to realise these biodiversity benefits while limiting adverse impacts on farmers and other land users. This will require careful management.''
Scotland's move offers hope to conservationists and projects who are working to reintroduce the species in other areas of the UK. The Welsh Beaver Project, or Prosiect Afancod Cymru, are investigating the feasibility of restoring wild beavers to Wales, have applied for a license to release the animals, and are hoping they can secure a release date later this year. The decision of the Scottish government is founded upon the positive impact of beavers on the environment in their pilot study, and may help pave the way for organisations like the Welsh Beaver Project. A partner organisation, the Bevis Trust, have applied to Natural Resources Wales to release ten pairs of beavers in Carmarthenshire. Whilst NRW consider the application, the public can visit the Bevis Trust's livestock farm in West Wales, for a chance to observe their three beaver families in a large, outdoor enclosure, where they live and behave as they would in their natural environment.
Profile on beaver
Tom Bennett	on 19th August 2018 at 12:37 am
Beavers in Ireland
The European or Eurasian Beaver (Castor fibre) has been brought back from extinction by conservationists. The last native strongholds of the beaver was in the wilds of Norway and Germany. Since 2009 conservationists have introduced them into trial areas in Devon, Cornwall, Scotland and Wales. The Scottish Government has now included them as a native species, giving them added status and protection. The beaver population appears to be thriving but not everybody is happy. The NFU, the organisation representing farmers, considers that it is an unnecessary luxury for the wildlife enthusiasts. Funding of each trial, costing about one million a year to manage, could better be spent on conserving other species of animals and insects, they argue. Being one of the biggest rodents in the world, they are known for their destructive habits of changing landscapes. If they become too populous our wooded low lands will become boggy marshes. The conservationists think more species will benefit from this natural habitat changer. However sufficient funding is needed to control and manage them as the they will ultimately cause hindrance, animosity and enormous costs to landowners up and down the country. The angling lobby has been persuaded that the beaver does not alter fish stocks as it is primarily a vegetarian that prefers apples to salmon. There are many pros and cons for introducing the beaver. It may help the tourism sector and help certain conservation measures but it will also increase gun sales to riverside landowners who wish to ignore its protected status.
Although talks have already started in Ireland about beaver introduction, it has been promptly rebuffed by the anti-lobby claiming that there is no evidence that beavers were ever in Ireland, therefore no need to even discuss it under the EU Habitats Directive. Although I belong to the protesters, I have actually found evidence that beavers were indigenous to Ireland, just as they were to Scotland, Wales and England.
In Brú na Bóinne are large stones called kerbstones that surround the prehistoric temples and tombs at Newgrange. They were carved 5000 years ago by the most skilled artists that lived in Northern Europe. 70% of the kerbstones show spirals and geometric magical shapes that can only be deciphered if you happen to be in a hallucinatory state. The other 30% show carvings of animal scenes or every day events, like men moving stones by sea or land.
Amongst the kerb stones depicting animals, at least four show pictures and carvings of beavers. Beavers were generally considered not to have ever lived in Ireland. After seeing one stone with the head of both an otter and a beaver on it, and knowing many stones have come considerable distances by sea, I considered the stone and its artwork must have been imported to Newgrange from Scotland or Wales. I then discovered another three stones showing beavers, suggesting that they were local stones and the mammal was indigenous to Ireland.
Neolithic and Chalcolithic man lived in harmony with nature. They lived in a material world and a nonmaterial world. They respected certain stones, regarding them like living ancestors. Their animism beliefs were paramount, and they would not harm a tree or an animal unless it was important. The Newgrange Kerbstone K61 shows that they regarded the beaver as a rodent which must be killed. They must have been prejudiced against the animal because the beaver was destroying trees that they valued more.
This Newgrange kerbstone was an instructional aid, thousands of years before the script of Ogham, the written word, came into being. The Early Bronze Age people still used bows and arrows and flints but they were advanced farmers, breeding sheep, cattle, horses and dogs. They had a much greater respect for Mother Earth than we can ever envisage and yet the only animal they detested was the beaver. We should acknowledge and respect the wisdom of our ancestors. Many more stones in Newgrange and Knowth have words of wisdom embedded in them. Until now nobody has interpreted the narratives of these kerbstones, basically because few have even noticed the pictorial figurative images on these rock panels.
Archaeological studies are needed to look for other stories the stones are telling us. These Irish farmers may have been living 3000 BCE. but they were a damn site smarter than many of us ever imagined!
Written and researched by Tom Bennett 2018. Happyfish42@hotmail.com
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Prospect Mira, Moscow, Russia
Pavilion "Moscow" at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre - this is a special building, designed as an exhibition pavilion of the USSR at the international exhibition Expo 67 in Montreal.
The project is designed by a team of architects led by Mikhail Vasilyevich Posokhin. After the end of Expo 67, it was decided to restore the former USSR pavilion in Moscow at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements (now VVC) USSR near the North entrance.
After restoring the height of the roof was raised on three floors, it got a new name: "Inter-industry exhibitions Pavilion", but in publications often called "Montreal" pavilion.
Since the 1990s, the pavilion is called "Moscow". Pavilion is one of the best examples of Soviet modernism. The house is built on a metal frame which is part of the internal and external structures, which play an architectural role. Directly input the pavilion is on a high podium, which leads to the sweeping staircase. The facades of the pavilion are solid glass plane with a distinct pattern of aluminum frames. Inside the pavilion is divided into three floors, stairs served as the escalator.
Amusement Park "Wheel of VVC"
"Wheel of VVC" a popular Moscow amusement park located on the territory of the All Russia Exhibition Centre The park is open all year round attracting many tourists and just having a rest Amusement Park "Wheel of VVC" was built in Moscow in 1995 for...
Monument KE Tsyyalkoўskamu erected in 1964 by sculptor AP Faydysh Krandievskaya in honor of the famous scientist researcher and founder of astronautics Russian inventor Konstantin Tsiolkovsky deserves a lot of respect for his resistance and will...
Monument "Worker and Collective Farm Girl"
The sculpture "Worker and Collective Farm Girl" was created for the first time openly to display in 1937 at the World Exhibition in Paris This standard of monumental art of the Soviet period became truly legendary So vivid way Worker and Collective...
The monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin opened in 1954 the OCE in front of "the House of Peoples of Russia" the main exhibition pavilion complex The monument was created by sculptor PP Yatsyk When you open the All Union Agricultural Exhibition (now...
Pavilion №69 the All-Russia Exhibition Center
Specialized Exhibition Center (JMC) (formerly Pavilion "Consumer goods and services to the public" was built in 1986 by a team of architects under the direction of Vіnagradskaya Exhibition Complex is the most recent structures of the architectural...